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Is Batchelors Cream of asparagus with croutons ultra-processed?

117g Dehydrated soups Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Batchelors Cream of asparagus with croutons

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed dehydrated soups

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Asparagus 5%, Glucose syrup, Maize starch, Palm oil, Croutons, Palm oil, Rosemary extract 15%, Salt, Antioxidant, Wheat flour, Yeast, Potato starch, Lactose, Milk, Salt, Onion, Flavourings, Sugar, Yeast extract, Emulsifiers, Citric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, turmeric

Additives: E392 Extracts of rosemary , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E472c Citric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Water, Asparagus, 5%, Glucose syrup, Maize starch, Palm oil, Croutons, Palm oil, Rosemary extract, 15%, Salt, Antioxidant, Wheat flour, Yeast, Potato starch, Lactose, Milk, Salt, Onion, Flavourings, Sugar, Yeast extract, Emulsifiers, Citric acid esters of mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids, Mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids, Ground turmeric

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
4 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 55 dehydrated soups

From least to most processed, this one ranks 37th. 84% of the dehydrated soups here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 55 dehydrated soups, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000175409061, last edited 12 August 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.